Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS)

Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS)

Valentine Seymour

Valentine is from Kent, UK, and has a
varied background in the environmental field, from environmental management,
field ecology and aquatic science research through to GIS, Remote Sensing and
Social Sciences.

She initially studied Environmental
Science (BSc, 2010) and went onto do an MSc in Freshwater and Coastal Sciences
(2011), sponsored by NERC, at Queen Mary, University of London.

She is currently doing a PhD working
with The Conservation Volunteers, developing a GIS and mapping tool that will
enable a more detailed analysis of the impact environmental volunteering has on
the individual; how they choose to give their time, how they adjust and develop
relationships within their community and how they perceive the quality and
importance of the green places around them.

Her research interests include
qualitative and quantitative GIS analysis and visualisation, the impact of
environmental volunteering on social mixing, social values, and redressing
environmental injustice as well as on people’s perceptions, behaviour, health,
wellbeing and motivation.